Forest department explores ways to create road connectivity at Edamalakkudy in Keralam’s Idukki
Absence of interior roads and bridges in Edamalakkudy, Keralam’s first tribal panchayat, prevents residents from reaching the panchayat’s base camp at Societykudy and travelling outward via Pettimudy. In less than a month since August 12, five patients had to be carried on bamboo stretchers across kilometres of dense forest to get medical care
The HinduPublished: 7 September 2026
Absence of interior roads and bridges in Edamalakkudy, Keralam’s first tribal panchayat, prevents residents from reaching the panchayat’s base camp at Societykudy and travelling outward via Pettimudy. In less than a month since August 12, five patients had to be carried on bamboo stretchers across kilometres of dense forest to get medical care
